This issue of SUNYergy puts the focus on Open Access
Week - October 18-24, 2010. Open Access Week is an
international effort to spotlight trends in
scholarly communication and publication that emphasize
open and freely available scholarly works online.

We'll hear from some SUNY colleagues about plans on
their campuses for the week as well as related
conference planning for later in the academic year.
Also, what are some suggestions, pointers and tips librarians can use to assist faculty interested in
opening up access to their research?

I asked a prominent thinker in this realm - "why
should we be involved in this?" His response,
"with the significant changes occurring in the
areas of scholarly communication and scholarly
publishing, do we want to, years from now, look
back and not havehad libraries and librarians
involved?"(Ross Atkinson, Cornell University)

"As the price for scholarship exceeds what is
affordable and reasonable, resulting in
increased profits for publishers and
diminished access to information for users,
new models must emerge. Stakeholders with
an interest in promoting the unfettered flow
of scholarship must find common ground and
restore this ethic to its proper place." (Barry Eisenberg and Lisa Romero "Restoring
the Health of Scholarly Publishing" Academe September-October 2010)